Player Dossier

2023-2025

Eastern Kentucky

Aden Tagaloa-Nelson

DB • 6'1" • 202 lbs • Lexington, KY, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Aden Tagaloa-Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Eastern Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
West Virginia • Eastern Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisville
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8172

Woodford County · Versailles, KY

Committed To
West Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Aden Tagaloa-Nelson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Eastern Kentucky. Aden Tagaloa-Nelson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
3

Quick Answers

Aden Tagaloa-Nelson quick answers

Latest team and position
Eastern Kentucky · DB
Career Tackles
3
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 3 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Eastern Kentucky
Top game
Louisville
Recruit profile
3-star · Woodford County · West Virginia
High school pipeline
Woodford County · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 17 · Sophomore

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonWest Virginia13-0--043.3
2025 Regular SeasonEastern Kentucky20-0--057.3

Related Context

Aden Tagaloa-Nelson played DB for West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. Across 3 tracked seasons, Aden Tagaloa-Nelson recorded 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with West Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Eastern Kentucky paired 0 primary output with 14.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UAlbany

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · West Virginia

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

12.5

Usage

2.1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

UAlbany

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UAlbany

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs UAlbany

Result
Sat 9/7vs UAlbanyW 49-1432000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    West Virginia

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Eastern Kentucky

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonWest Virginia0
2024 Regular SeasonWest Virginia012.52.10
2025 Regular SeasonEastern Kentucky014.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 25 Louisville

Week 1 · Ranked opponent

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

10.4 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.4 takeover score.

#2

vs UAlbany

Week 2 · W 49-14

0

Havoc Plays

10 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 86 Marshall

Week 3

0

Havoc Plays

4.2 takeover

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Eastern Kentucky

0 primary output · 14.6 efficiency · usage

57.3

#2

2024 Regular Season · West Virginia

43.3

0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 2.1 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · West Virginia

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games